Tag Archives: traveling Africa

Sampson’s Story (in his own words) There’s nothing quite like driving your family through 12 African countries to bring you together. We’ve been incredibly close for a whole year, literally: within 3 metres of each other at all times. We … Continue reading →

LIBERIA: free at last! Truly that’s what it felt like to finally get out of Côte d’Ivoire. I have nothing against the place – its people were very kind to us and the coast was beautiful – but the unscheduled … Continue reading →

Dear Mom, WE’RE ALL ABSOLUTELY FINE. Now. I’m sorry I didn’t tell you at the time, but I thought you’d had enough to fret about this month, what with Ruby in hospital and all four of us down with some … Continue reading →

We arrived in Balmer, San Pédro on the evening of the day we were diagnosed with typhoid, 7th June. Zola was far more concerned with how many days remained till his 10th birthday – as is traditional in the Sampson … Continue reading →

We spent a week recuperating Chez Jules. We parked the truck right next to his boma so all Ruby had to do was crawl outside and lie in the shade. After the two intravenous drips at the hospital, she now … Continue reading →

We immediately liked Côte d’Ivoire. It was emptier, cleaner, greener than Ghana. It was also poorer, but prouder – dust was being swept outside roadside stalls again. There were no more piles of rubble or tacky advertising hoardings. It was … Continue reading →

The first time we came to Ezile Bay, we’d been to check out Busua, the more famous surf tourism spot, and were on our way to Cape Three Points, Ghana’s southernmost tip. About 45 minutes down an increasingly narrow and … Continue reading →